(HELP) modding research

changing the research screen

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Hello,

does anyone know :
1. to create a new research field beside the 4 standard fields (combat,noncombat,fleet,artifact)
2. make more than 3 blocks of subcategories of research working in the game ?
    i made following entries to a player entity, the game loaded but only the top 3 entries were shown with the right  dimensions in the research screen :

    NonCombat
        blockCount 6
        block
            area [50, 70, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat0Tech"   
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat0Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat0Tech"           
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 180, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat1Tech"   
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat1Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat1Tech"           
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"                       
        block
            area [50, 290, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat2Tech"   
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat2Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat2Tech"           
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 400, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat0Tech"   
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat0Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat0Tech"           
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"           
        block
            area [50, 510, 690, 50]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat1Tech"   
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat1Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat1Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
        block
            area [50, 570, 690, 100]
            backdrop "ResearchScreenBlockBackdropNonCombat2Tech"   
            tierIndicatorBackdrop "ResearchScreenBlockTierIndicatorNonCombat2Tech"
            title "IDSResearchScreenBlockTitleNonCombat2Tech"
            picture "ResearchScreenBlockPictureCombat2Psi"
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thanks for any help !
modding
3,289 views 2 replies
Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
1. Not sure, but I have heard from another that after trying he came to the conclusion it can't be done, at least not with the current Mod tools.
2. I can say first hand, that this can't be done without the Final Tools, as I tried to do this, and after hours of making 200% sure everything was right, it still didn't show up. I ended up making one of the blocks bigger and adding a new line, which you can see in Sins Plus.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
thx uzii for the quick answer !

i just wanted to make some visible differences between some research fields like ecology to get more various colonizing techs and popcap increases for that infamous planet mod ;p
and lots of other techs
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